FAIRFIELD-TRAVIS AFB IR CASE STUDY

The Solano County/Fairfield, California community is working with Travis AFB to mutually address the community infrastructure that impacts the missions of the base, and design projects to not just support the mission, but reach toward full mission assurance, while also enhancing the readiness of the community,

“Readiness” is an important watch word for both the military and local governments. Cyber threats, direct kinetic attacks, accidents, floods, wildfires, storms, earthquakes and aging infrastructure systems all threaten the ability of a military installation to accomplish its mission, and a local government to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. Jointly addressing these threats is a key element in the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation’s (OLDCC) Installation Readiness program.

The City of Fairfield is currently using their second Installation Readiness grant to conduct conceptual design on local power generation which will have the capacity to provide 100% of the power requirements of Travis AFB, while also supporting the growth of a new business park and data center in the community. The team is evaluating a mix of potential power generation and storage technologies and will provide a connection option to Travis AFB through a future unique and secure line. This project will contribute directly to the ability of Travis AFB to meet the Department of Defense directive to achieve 14-day mission assurance in the face of readiness threats and will set the community on track to achieve their own 14-day readiness capability.

The SONRI Team is providing ongoing project management support to the community, including quality assurance/quality control oversight of the design team, as well as supporting the City of Fairfield’s grant administration needs. 

As the Project Coordinator of the Travis Regional Macro Energy Resilience Feasibility Study and Concept Design Project, the SONRI Team:

• Supports grant budget and activity monitoring and reporting, including providing the use of SONRI’s MIRR Grant Cost Tracking and Reporting Tool © SONRI, Inc., All Rights Reserved;
• Provides subject matter expert inputs into the Travis Regional Resiliency Report; and,
• Works with the City Project Manager to provide oversight and quality assurance/quality control services in managing the contracting team hired to conduct the study.

While other communities have conducted successful Installation Readiness studies, this project uses OLDCC funding to implement the findings of a past project. This will give the City of Fairfield and the Solano County Region a leg up for other Federal funding, including OLDCC’s Defense Community Infrastructure Program grants program. In addition, this project is promoting an ever-increasing degree of communication and cooperation between Travis AFB and the defense communities who host it. The SONRI Team is proud to play a key role in this project!